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Recent Examples of intermittently
Internet access, disrupted during the election, appeared to be returning intermittently on Thursday.
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Reuters 10 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The royal pair seemed light and breezy, taking in their view from just behind the pitch-clock, standing to cheer intermittently and chatting briefly with their seatmates.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The series, which will see government agency UNIT fending off a threat from the Sea Devils, will see Jemma Redgrave reprise her role as UNIT Commander-in-Chief Kate Stewart, after playing the role on Doctor Who intermittently since 2012.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
All of that is a harder sell if fans are accustomed to watching only intermittently.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
More recently, Lockhart appeared intermittently as matriarch Maria Ramirez on General Hospital and guest-starred as Ryan Stiles’ mother on The Drew Carey Show, as the Tanner girls’ kindergarten teacher on Full House and as the grandmother of Tori Spelling on Beverly Hills, 90210.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Fewer Wedding Registries and More Fork Dinners Renaud Paul-Dauphin worked for Hermès intermittently over the course of 35 years and was instrumental in building its tableware business.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
The messages were sent with disappearing-message settings and continued intermittently over roughly 33 hours.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
It’s achieved here only intermittently.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Reuters 10 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
The royal pair seemed light and breezy, taking in their view from just behind the pitch-clock, standing to cheer intermittently and chatting briefly with their seatmates.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The series, which will see government agency UNIT fending off a threat from the Sea Devils, will see Jemma Redgrave reprise her role as UNIT Commander-in-Chief Kate Stewart, after playing the role on Doctor Who intermittently since 2012.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
All of that is a harder sell if fans are accustomed to watching only intermittently.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
More recently, Lockhart appeared intermittently as matriarch Maria Ramirez on General Hospital and guest-starred as Ryan Stiles’ mother on The Drew Carey Show, as the Tanner girls’ kindergarten teacher on Full House and as the grandmother of Tori Spelling on Beverly Hills, 90210.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Fewer Wedding Registries and More Fork Dinners Renaud Paul-Dauphin worked for Hermès intermittently over the course of 35 years and was instrumental in building its tableware business.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
The messages were sent with disappearing-message settings and continued intermittently over roughly 33 hours.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
It’s achieved here only intermittently.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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Emergency doctors at UofL periodically conduct trainings on mass casualty scenarios.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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Screens displayed the election results, periodically refreshed as onlookers awaited the most recent vote tally.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Mist the leaves occasionally or place the plant on a tray filled with pebbles and some water to increase humidity around the plant.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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In a recent episode of Apple TV's The Reluctant Traveler, the Prince of Wales opened up to host Eugene Levy about the late Duke of Edinburgh’s famously sharp (and occasionally unintentional) sense of humor, recalling how much laughter filled their family gatherings.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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If all else fails, gaining his approval is sometimes as simple as making the right donation.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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That power shapes how identity is built, preserved and sometimes contested.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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